Looking back, Wang Qintang, the governor of Ansu, had inspected the Runquanyong pot since that afternoon, and wanted to see the owner of the pot again, but when he inquired about the old grandson, he was not cooking the pot. So I gave up, and when I returned to the county office, I talked to the public office one by one without mentioning it.

The next day, he was officially inaugurated. At this time, the county office already had two sections, the first and the second. The first section is in charge of internal affairs, education, and construction; The second division is in charge of grain rent, deed tax and all collection matters. Wang Qintang gathered all the public to discuss the establishment of the third section, the so-called industrial section, to take charge of the establishment of industries in the whole territory, and to manage and undertake scientific and technological matters.

In Ansu, a small county in North China in 1912, no one had a thorough enough understanding of the four words "industry and science and technology," and it was even more impossible to talk about how to set it up. Wang Qintang had no choice but to do it himself, concurrently serving as the head of the industrial section, and against public opinion, he chose Xiaoma, who had just graduated from Kifu University, as the deputy section chief. This pony, who is only twenty-four or five years old, has a baby face, and in the eyes of a group of old people, he is also a student who does not know the world.

After the establishment of the industrial department, Wang Qintang was even more non-stop, running out with ponies twice in three days. Wang Qintang still rode the donkey he brought, and the pony rode a tall horse from the county office. Seeing a dignified county governor, running outside with a student baby at the end of three days, the old people of the county office saw it, and for a while, they couldn't cry or laugh again.

I can't imagine what this new governor is doing outside?

It is said that on this day, Governor Wang rode a donkey, and the pony rode a tall horse, and as soon as he left the gate of the county office, he heard someone shouting on the side:

"Lord Wang, please stay!"

Wang Qintang hurriedly stopped the donkey, and when he turned around, he saw two men, one fat and one thin, walking towards him in a hurry.

Look at these two men again, they are about the same size, but the fatter ones are darker, with square heads and big faces, and they are older; The thinner ones are whiter, with a white and long face, and they are twenty-four or five years old. Looking at the clothes again, they are all dressed in gray cloth robes.

When the two men approached, they saw the thinner man first hugging Wang Qintang and said:

"Presumably this is the new Governor Wang, right?!"

Wang Qintang hurriedly jumped off the donkey and said:

"I'm the county governor Wang Qintang!"

After that, he looked at the two men, one fat and one thin, and said:

"What do you two have to do with Governor Ben?"

I saw the thin man rushing to Wang Qintang and hugging his fist again:

"Governor Wang, the small people have something to ask for today, and I hope that Governor Wang can make decisions for the small people!"

As he spoke, he looked at the fat man on the side again. I saw that the fat man hurriedly took out a neatly folded piece of rice paper from his sleeve, unfolded it, stepped forward in a few steps, and handed it to Wang Qintang.

"Please Wang Zhi take a look at this beforehand!" The black man said.

Wang Qintang took the rice paper, and when he saw it, it turned out to be a contract. When he looked down for a long time, he looked up and asked:

"Who is Zhang Lianqi and who is Qi Zhankui?"

The black man hurriedly hugged his fist again:

"Xiaomin is Qi Zhankui, and Zhang Lianqi is the owner of the North Pot."

It turns out that these two men, one black and one white, one fat and one thin, are none other than Qi Zhankui and Zhang Shuting. This Qi Zhankui is indeed darker, but fat; Zhang Shuting is indeed whiter, but thin; In other words, Zhang Shuting is not very white, but because Qi Zhankui is darker, it contrasts with Zhang Shuting's whiteness. However, when it comes to Zhang Shuting's thinness, because he has to go to the retort, mill or bend house every day, he works with the guys in the retort mill or bend house every day, although he is thin, he is also muscular.

Speaking of which, Zhang Shuting decided to accompany Qi Zhankui to meet the new governor yesterday. Since meeting Qi Zhankui at the tavern at the entrance of Xiaoqizhuang Village in Rongcheng that day, Zhang Shuting thought about it again and again, although he didn't come up with a better solution to the problem, but he became more and more indignant in his heart. So, just yesterday, Zhang Shuting came to Xiao Qizhuang again, and also found Qi Zhankui in the tavern of the white fat old man at the entrance of the village, and told Qi Zhankui that Runquanyong Pot was willing to compensate Qi Zhankui for the money of Bei Pot, and also hired Qi Zhankui to be the shopkeeper of Runquanyong Pot Shop.

When Qi Zhankui heard this, of course he refused, and finally discussed it, and Zhang Shuting offered to accompany him to meet the new governor to administer justice. When Qi Zhankui heard this, he refused. Qi Zhankui refused, or because since ancient times, he has never seen a shopkeeper come to sue the owner, if this spreads, which owner would dare to hire you as a shopkeeper again? Even if you don't think about your own future, don't you have to think about your own descendants, maybe they will have to be the shopkeeper for others one day.

On the one hand, Zhang Shuting is also unhappy for Qi Zhankui, on the other hand, he really urgently needs someone like Qi Zhankui to take care of the store for him, and he is not completely in urgent need of someone like Qi Zhankui to take care of the store for him, the key is that he always feels that there is an indescribable complex with Qi Zhankui. This complex, when you think about it, is not entirely because when he was eleven years old, Qi Zhankui saved his life; or he is the son of the old shopkeeper of Qi, and the two families of Zhang Qi were originally world friends; Or he has been a shopkeeper in the North Pot Shop for more than ten years, and he has been doing well. This kind of complex is more like a natural good impression of Qi Zhankui.

It is precisely because of this complex in it that it is not good to see this, it is not okay to see that, Zhang Shuting is also young and vigorous, and there is no better way to think of it, so he finally let go of the cruel words: early tomorrow morning, I want Qi Zhankui to take the contract to Nan Yao Guo to find him, go to see the governor together, and ask the governor to administer justice. If he can't see Qi Zhankui early tomorrow morning, he will immediately raise enough silver taels to buy another contract from Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Burning Pot. At that time, after Zhang Shuting finished speaking, he no longer talked nonsense with Qi Zhankui, and got up and went back to the south to burn the pot.

Early the next morning, Zhang Shuting had just gotten up, and through the window, he saw a person standing at the gate of the courtyard, wearing a gray cloth robe. Take a closer look, this person is none other than Qi Zhankui from Xiaoqizhuang. I can't help but rejoice. When I asked, I was also worried that Zhang Shuting would not see him, so he really raised silver taels and bought another contract from Zhang Lianqi, owing Zhang Shuting a lot of favors, and he couldn't afford to pay it back in this life. also saw that Zhang Shuting treated him sincerely, and wanted him to be the shopkeeper of the South Burning Pot Restaurant, so for a while, he decided to go with Zhang Shuting to see the governor.

At the same time, Qi Zhankui also thought about it, if the new governor administers justice and settles the relationship between him and Zhang Lianqi, he will accept Zhang Shuting's kind invitation to come to Nan Yao Pot Shop as a shopkeeper; If the new governor does not preside over this justice, Qi Zhankui also thought about it at the same time, and would rather not be the shopkeeper from now on, and resolutely prevent Zhang Shuting from giving out this money. Because of this, Qi Zhankui came to see Zhang Shuting early in the morning.

At this time, Wang Qintang talked about it, and when he saw Qi Zhankui answer that he was Qi Zhankui, he couldn't help but ask again:

"What do you mean by looking at this contract with Governor Ben?"

Seeing Wang Qintang asking, without waiting for Qi Zhankui to answer, Zhang Shuting preemptively said:

"We want to sue Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Pot, for bullying the small!"

After that, he said:

"Qi Zhankui is the shopkeeper of the North Burning Pot, he not only requires people to work for 20 years, but also requires that once they leave the North Burning Pot, they are not allowed to work as a shopkeeper in other Burning Pots, otherwise, they will compensate for the silver that has taken away three times the total labor salary of the North Burning Pot over the years."

After speaking, seeing Wang Qintang looking down at the contract again, he said indignantly:

"Doesn't such a contract clearly restrict people to death?!"

And again:

"If Governor Wang doesn't care about this matter, we will be willing to pay the money for the North Pot, and we will also return the freedom of Qi Zhankui Qi's shopkeeper to choose again!"